Wind-shield.



W. McCARTHY & J. T. ALLMAND.

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APPLICATION FILED FEB. 15. 1915.

Patented Nov. 30, 1915 W. B. McCARTHY & J. T. ALLMAND.

' wmo SHIELD.

APPLhCATlON FILED FEB. 15, I915.

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Application filed February 15, 1915.

' CART} ran Jorm T. ALLMAZND, citihens of the United States, residing, respectively, at

' Milford, New Haven county, State of'Connecticut; and Highland Park, Wayne county,

State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in VVind-Shields, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

. This invention relatesto'wind shield conwherein means are provided for insuring a venience of arrangement of parts and simplicity of manipulation.

'. One embodiment of the invention is described in detail in the following specification taken in connection with the accompanying drawings forming part thereof and illustratinga preferable embodiment of an L invention in a windshield structure,

In these drawings Figure 1 is afragmentary view in rear elevation of a wind shield structure embodying the improvements .of the present invention. Fig. 2 is "a vertical sectional view through the 'structure shown in Ifig. 1. v 'mentary perspective'view of the upper .por-

Fig. 3 is a fragtion of a standard showing the double socket arrangement. Figs. 4 and 5 are perspective views of the hubcorner portions of ed it is applied by the outer and inner'wind shield sections respectively.

Referringtothese drawings by numerals,

l designates a supporting standard. of the Wind shield s't'i'ucture of which there" are usually two in practice. This standard is supported from the body of the car to which the nature of these means depending upon the particular type of car body. In the present instance, we have shown our Wind shield structure as applied. to a limousine body, the standard 1 at its lower end being provided with an attaching foot formed by Specification of Letters Patent.

a suitable supporting means, I

of a complemental Patented not. so, 1915.

Serial N 0. 8,197.

flanged plates 2 conforming "to the structure of the dash and secured thereto in an appropriate manner as suggested in the drayvings, The dash is suggested in dotted lines at 3, Figs. 1 and 2. The upper portion of the standard may be secured to the roof of the limousine body and in such event,

the upper end is provided with transversely extending arms 4 arranged at an angle conforming to the angle of the inner side of the "roof flange, indicated at 5, Figs. 1 and2, structionand particularly to a construction these arms being secured to the roof in a suitable manager, asvby the screws shown. The standard 1 which is preferably n01- lovv is provided with supporting means for two separate wind shield sections, these supporting means being laterally spaced from each other, so that the Wind shield sections supported thereby Will be located in differ- .ent planes. We provide these supports by forming the upper end of the standard 1 at opposite sides-0f the arms 4 with socket portions by which the Wind shield sections are supported. 9n the inner or car side of the standard, We form a semi-circular socket t5 with aced ears 7 thereabove and at the s inner side of and integral with the arms 4:.

Between these ears is 4 pivoted the upper end 8 of aco nplemental and swinging socket bore in the foot l0-andinto the threaded through a smooth bore 12 to clamp these parts together about 7 a Wind shield hub as will be hereinafter seen. The standard 1 onits outer face and laterally paced from the soclrett, is. provided with asecond substantially semi-circular socket portion 15, and with; spaced flanges 1 4,between which the upper-end 16 and relatively movable socket section 17 is The lower. end of this movable socket sec tion, indicated at 18, has a smooth bore pivoted (see Fig.

section 9, the lower end, of this section hav- I being adjustable relatively thereto.

therethrough, and the base of the fixed socket indicated at 19, is provided with a threaded bore, so that a second thumb screw 20 may drawthe two parts of the socket together for cooperation with a second wind shield section, These fixed socket sections with the hinging ears and flanges 2, age preferably formed integral with the-standard 1, as by casting.

' With the construction described, two wind shield sections are used. The inner of these sections, which we have designated at B in the drawings, may be of any usual and standard construction. Preferably, .a hold ing frame 22 is used, this frame being of any suitable construction. One of'the corhers is provided with .an offset portion 23 terminating in a hub 24 of less diameter. .This hub is designed -to rest within the socket formed by the members 6 and 9, the offset 23 on the one side and a flange 25 on the other side, holding the hub portion within the socket. By means of the thumb screw 13, the movable section of the socket (which is, of course, thrown upwardly when the hub is inserted), nnaybeficlamped about the hub to hold the latter and the attached shield section B in proper position relative to the hood and car. The usual position of this section of the wind shield is indicated in Figs. 1 and 2. It 'will, of course, be understood that the end of the shield frame opposite the hub portion 24, is usually journaled in a similar or equivalent manner.

In the forward or outer socket formed by the parts 15-17, the attached hub of an outer wind shield section is mounted. This outer wind shield section is indicated by A, Fig. 2, and comprises a shield section of standard construction having the usual frame including corner pieces 26, one of the upper corner pieces being formed with the ofi'set portion 27 having end flanges 28 and 29. This hub is seated in the socket formed 45.

by the parts lei-17, the movable half socket 17 being first moved upwardly to permit the insertion of the hub, and then moved downwardly over the hub andclamped thereon by means of the thumb screw 20. Both the outer and inner sections A and B are removable from their supports as will be obvious.

'The inner section 'B will usually bemore or less fixed in position, the outer. section A outer section has a two-fold function. In

a the first place, it serves as a protection car the inner section, saving it from breakage and thereby, in the event of breakage, leav ing still a section of windshield for use. In the event of breakage of the inner or outer section, the frame may be readily removed, and the glass replaced without there This.

being inconvenience of the lackof a wind shield, this need being filled by the other section. Also the outer section A is intended as a,screen for the inner section, so that a clear vision will always be presented through the inner section. This-is accomplished by swinging the outer section A. outwardly from and at--an angle to the inner section B, in the manner suggested in Fig. 2, in which positibn,. the outer section A acts as a screen to prevent the accumulation of rain, snow, or other visionfogging element upon the inner section ,B of the Wind shield. This is possible because the supportsfor the two sections are laterally spaced'from each other, the outer section support being such that the outer shield section is adjustable for hingedly supporting the frame at that point in a similar'or equivalent manner. The means used may be a reverse duplicate of the structure hereindescribed, or may be an equivalent means, which will furnish the requisite support. v

While we have herein illustrated a particular form of hinge joint for the shield sections, it will be understood that our invention is in no wise limited to this specific form, but that any suitable-type of hinge jointmay be employed, the portion of the joint formed integral with the standard being modified in structure to accord with the particular type of hinge joint employed.

What We claim, therefore, and desire to secure by Letters Patent-i56 1. A wind shield structur includin laterally spaced inner and outer 'shiel sections, a supporting standard therefor, a hinge clamp on the standard hingedly supporting the inner shield section, and a second hinge clamp on the standard ,disposed forwardly of the first hinge clamp thereon and .hingedly supportin the outer shield section whereby said shie d sections are supsaid clamp, a hinge clamp at the upper end of the standard at the rearward side thereof,

ported laterally spaced one in front of. the

and an innersziem sectiun adjustably hem entplanes, saixi sections in one position,

by said, rearward hinge clamp. I overlapping in part. b

A wind shield structure including :1 NM B. MCCARTHY.

supporting standard having adjacent socket Witnesses: 5 pori'ugw io aaisd in diileren; laterally spaced FLORA B. DONNELLY,

phi-ne a s1 field section fer each socket p01 MAE F HICKEY. fiun, said sectiuns having hubs fitting in JOHN T. ALLMAND. said socket poi-Mons with means for adjust- Witnesses.

ably holding said hubs iherein with their A. M NDELSON,

.0 respective attached shield sections in 'difien P. T. SWISHER. 

